The leader boards at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao have seen the big hitters establish their names at the top throughout the week with just two days remaining.

Friday 18 October is the last day of fleet racing ahead of Saturday's Medal Races across the six classes which will determine the first winners of the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao.

The southerly 5 knot breeze that tested sailors mind-set on Thursday will pick up in between 6-8 knots at a south easterly direction. Tidal current will continue to average out at 1.5 knots throughout the day making focus and concentration a vital ingredient in the recipe for success.

Racing commences at 12:00 local time with the Men's and Women's 470 on the Charlie Course and an hour later the Laser will be tracked on Alpha, view the tracking here. The RS:X fleets will race on Bravo.

The Men's 470 sees one point separating leaders Lucas Calabrese and Juan de la Fuente (ARG) and Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) whilst the Women's 470 is a different story as Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie (NZL) have won every race.

Tonci Stipanovic's light frame has helped him in the light breeze and he leads the Laser by 16 points over Pavlos Kontides (CYP). An interesting fight for the final podium spot will resume on the penultimate day with just three points separating third to sixth.

Dongshuang Zhang (CHN) established a six point lead on Thursday have won all three races on the day. Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR) is second whilst Australia's Ashley Stoddart is third.

Israel's Shahar Zubari has slowly extended his Men's RS:X lead throughout the week, flourishing in both planing conditions and pumping conditions. Michael Cheng (HKG) is nine points off the Israeli and Brazil's Ricardo Santos currently occupies the final podium position.

Peina Chen (CHN) has held the Women's RS:X lead all week and heading into three races on Friday she leads Maayan Davidovich (ISR) by nine points.

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

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ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne kick starts the journey to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with qualification spots and top ranking points available in the Australian city.

Shawn Bennett (USA) won the Long Beach Stop of the 2015 California Dreamin' Series Sunday in this International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade 3 match racing regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club and raced on the Long Beach Sailing Foundation's fleet of Catalina 37s.

After the limits of the southern oceans imposed by the combination of the weather systems and the safety barrier of the Antarctic Exclusion Zone, the Atlantic is opening up for the top trio of the Barcelona World Race.